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Alphonse Daudet
French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897).
Died December 17th, 1897 at 57 years old in Paris (syphilis).
Occupations
autobiographer, novelist, playwright, poet, prose writer, screenwriter, short story writer, writer
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